Ronaldo Alves Pinto Nagem
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Immunology
University of Minas
Brazil
Biography
He holds a bachelor's degree in Physics (Bachelor's degree) from the Institute of Exact Sciences of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1994-1998). He also completed a degree in Aeronautical Infrastructure Engineering (1994). His doctorate in Physics (emphasis in Biophysics) was obtained at the Gleb Wataghin Physics Institute of the State University of Campinas (1999-2003). In addition, he carried out his studies at the National Synchrotron Light Laboratory (Campinas, 1999-2003) and the Brookhaven National Laboratory (New York, 2001). He is currently an associate professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Immunology of the Biological Sciences Institute of the Federal University of Minas Gerais. He has experience in the field of Biophysics, with emphasis on Crystallography of Proteins.
Research Interest
Protein crystallization, Chemistry of macromolecules.
Publications
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Nagem RAP, Polikarpov I., Dauter Z. (2003) Phasing on rapidly soaked ions. Methods in Enzymology - Macromolecular Crystallography; 374 : 120-137.
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Nagem RAP, Rojas AL, Golubev AM, Korneva OS, Eneyskaya EV, et al. (2004) Crystal structure of exo-inulinase from Aspergillus awamori: The enzyme fold and structural determinants of substrate recognition. Journal of Molecular Biology; 344 : 471-480.
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Nagem RAP, Ferreira Júnior JR, Dumoutier L., Renauld J.-C. Polikarpov I. (2006) Interleukin-22 and its crystal structure. Vitamins Hormones 74 : 77-103.
